The romance of Guy of Warwick. The second or 15th-century version. Edited from the paper ms. Ff. 2. 38. in the University Library, Cambridge, by Dr. Julius Zupitza ...

                                
                                  Then on Harrowde was all my thoght;
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                                  And bothe were gone fro that lande,
                                
                                  And that was wyckyd tythande.
                                
                                  Men seyde, Harrowde bothe nyght and day
                                
                                  Soght hys lordys sone, that was away,
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                                  And Gye was in exsyle wente.
                                
                                  Then me þoght, þat y was schente.
                                
                                  Ther was no man, there y dud goo,
                                
                                  That cowde telle me of þem two.
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                                  And sythen haue y soght Gye þe fre
                                
                                  In mony a straunge cuntre
                                
                                  And y fonde neuer man be þe way,
                                
                                  That oght of Gye cowde say.
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                                  I can not thynke, but he ys dedde,
                                
                                  And therfore sorowfull ys my redde.'
                                
                                  Therwythall he wepyd sare:
                                
                                  He was full of sorowe and care.
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                                  ¶ When Gye sye Tyrrye, þe knyght,
                                
                                  That was so doghty and so wyght,
                                
                                  That he louyd so trewlye,
                                
                                  He lokyd on hym soberlye.
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                                  He was pore for þe nones,
                                
                                  He had noþynge to hylle hys bones:
                                
                                  Hys lymmes were bare and euyll beseyn,
                                
                                  That some tyme were clad in scarlet in greyne.
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                                  For dole Gye felle to the grownde:
                                
                                  Ofte he swowned in that stownde.
                                
                                  When Tyrrye hym sye falle to grownde,
                                
                                  He toke hym vp in that stownde.
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                                  Tyrrye seyde: 'be of gode harte.
                                
                                  Me þynkyth, þys euyll holdyþ þe smarte.
                                
                                  Telle me, yf hyt be thy wylle,
                                
                                  How longe ye haue had thys euyll.
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                                  Hyt [MS. Hys.]  ys the fallynge euyll ryght,
                                
                                  Therfore y hate hyt wyth my myght.'

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Title: The romance of Guy of Warwick. The second or 15th-century version. Edited from the paper ms. Ff. 2. 38. in the University Library, Cambridge, by Dr. Julius Zupitza ...
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Publication: London,: Pub. for the Early English Text Society, by N. Trübner & Co.,; 1875-6.

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